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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. HBase vs. Immudb vs. InfinityDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.25
Rank#307  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#359  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Websitewww.datomic.comhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
boilerbay.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.immudb.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperCognitectApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetCodenotaryBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release2012200820202002
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232.3.4, January 20211.2.3, April 20224.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaGoJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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